The answer is yes and yes!
Yes a BP theme is a WP theme that has been optimised for BP.
And yes, if you create a child theme and copy the PHP file into wp-content/mychildtheme/buddypress/etc the file will be protected from bp updated.
Thanks! Now, to be certain, let me ask you this:
This is the original path to the original register.php:
public_html/wp-content/plugins/buddypress/bp-templates/bp-legacy/buddypress/members/register.php
This is the new path that I created by adding new folders:
public_html/wp-content/themes/graphene-child-theme/buddypress/bp-templates/bp-legacy/buddypress/members/register.php
Please notice that I did NOT create a folder called “plugins,” during this process. Is this correct?
If not, let me know where I goofed. But if I am correct, and there will be no folder called “plugins,” with regard to the child theme, then let me ask this last question:
I will MAKE CHANGES TO the child theme’s register.php, and I will stop caring about what happens with the ORIGINAL register.php. Is this correct?
Thanks for your patience with me. I appreciate very much!
Hi,
it’s wrong !
1) You add only copies of the files you want to modify. The original templates are in
wp-content/plugins/buddypress/bp-templates/bp-legacy/buddypress/
2) the path in a child should respect the original directories, like this
wp-content/themes/graphene-child-theme/buddypress/members/register.php
I did what you said and it’s working now. Thank you very much!
It’s confusing as to why the new sub-folders differ so much from the originals. (In the child theme, we don’t have bp-templates, for example.)
Is the child theme only good for Buddypress editing?
Or can I use it to edit another plugin as well?
If I can use it to edit other plugins, could you give me an example of how I will create that path?
Is the child theme only good for Buddypress editing? YES
Or can I use it to edit another plugin as well? NO
Plugins don’t have (at the moment) a child-plugin.
Thank you very much! Everything is completely resolved here.
